METHOD FOR COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

摘要

A method to assess the competency of a healthcare practitioner, comprisingproviding alearning object repository comprising a plurality of virtual objects includinga plurality of virtualpatients, wherein said learning object repository does not comprise a physicalpatient manikin;and displaying on a visual display device a virtual clinical world comprisinga plurality of virtualobjects retrieved from said learning object repository. The method furtherincludes selecting bya practitioner a virtual patient from said virtual clinical world, trackingpatient interactions,tracking selected patient data, and generating an AssessMap reciting anassessment grid.